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Library still provides access to IWD website

By Nicole Lindstrom
Newton Public Library

July 26, 2013

While the software for Iowa Works has left the library, our Internet and computer access has not. People seeking Iowa Workforce Development can still obtain help from www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov through Internet access at the library.

This website will allow people to file for unemployment, search for jobs, create resumes and more. The IWD website will be added on all library computers as a shortcut, making it easier for people to get to the website quickly and start their search for new jobs or careers.

Ronald McDonald Visit

Come to the library meeting room at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 29, for this amazing magic show. Also be sure to bring pop-can tabs to support the Ronald McDonald House charity.

The library will accept pop-can tabs in any container, however plastic bags or big jugs or jars work best. Advance registration is not necessary to participate in this program.

Summer Reading

Program Logs

Participants in the Summer Reading Program, when they reach their reading goal, need to be sure to turn in their reading logs to the library before Aug. 1 to receive their ticket to the pizza and pool party at Maytag Park. The party will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2.

Readers who turn in their completed book log by Aug. 1 will also receive a coupon for one free admission for a child to the Blank Park Zoo and two tickets (one for a child, one for an adult) to attend an Iowa Cubs game at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11.

Logs will be accepted after Aug. 1, but readers who do so will not receive a pool party ticket. Keep reading!

Friday Free Movie

The library will be showing “Brave,” an age-appropriate movie for children, at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, in the library meeting room. Bring your own popcorn; lemonade will be provided.

Coffee and Movie:

‘Little Women’

At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, the library will be showing the 1933 version of “Little Women,” starring Katharine Hepburn, in the meeting room.

Synopsis: With their father away fighting in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, men friends start to become a part of the household.